Luke v. State

DONIELSON, Judge.

In 1983 Orville Luke was accused of setting a fire in an apartment complex. Three persons died in the fire. After a jury trial, Luke was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. We affirmed these convictions in an unreported opinion. State v. Luke, 368 N.W.2d 733 (Iowa App.1984).

Luke later filed the present application for postconviction relief challenging his convictions. The district court denied post-conviction relief, and Luke has appealed.

Luke contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel in his 1983 criminal trial.…